PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: Founded in 1527 by Kunwar Jagmal
Das, younger son of Rawal Udai Singhji I of Dungarpur. His successors
were...
- Rawal JAGMAL DAS, 1st Rawal of Banswara
1527/1540, married Rani Lachhi Bai of Idar, and had
issue. He died about 1540.
- Rawal JAI SINGH, 2nd Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal PRATAP SINGH, 3rd Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal KHANA DEV, 4th Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal KALYAN SINGH, 5th Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal AGAR SINGH, 6th Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal UDAI SINGH I, 7th Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal SAMAR SINGH, 8th Rawal of Banswara
- Rawal KUSHAL SINGH, 9th Rawal of Banswara,
founder of Kushalgarh and Kushalpura.
- Rawal AJAB SINGH, 10th Rawal of Banswara
1688/1702
- Rawal BHIM SINGH, 11th Rawal of Banswara
1702/1713, died 1713.
- Rawal BISHAN SINGH, 12th Rawal of Banswara
1713/1737, married and had issue. He died 1737.
- Rawal Udai Singh II (qv)
- Maharawal Prithvi Singh (qv)
- Rawal UDAI SINGH II, 13th Rawal of Banswara
1737/1747, died 1747.
- Maharawal PRITHVI SINGH, 14th Maharawal of
Banswara 1747/1786, married the daughter of Rana Bakht
Singh of Sunth, and had issue. He died 1786.
- Maharawal Bijai Singh (qv)
- Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married
and had issue.
- Thakur Sardar Singh, Bhai of Khandu, married
and had issue (see Khandu).
- Maharawal Bahadur Singh (qv)
- Thakur Khushal Singh of Surpur, married and had
issue.
- Thakur Hamir Singh of Surpur, married and had
issue.
- Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur, he adopted
Maharajkumar Surya Singh (see below), and had
adoptive issue. He died sp.
- (A) Thakur Surya Singh of Surpur
- Thakur Bakhtawar Singh, married and had issue.
- HH Maharawal Lakshman Singh (qv)
- Maharawal BIJAI SINGH, 15th Maharawal of
Banswara 1786/1816, married, and had issue. He died
1816.
- Maharawal Umaid Singh (qv)
- Maharawal UMAID SINGH, 16th Maharawal of
Banswara 1816/1819, married, and had issue. He died
1819.
- Maharawal Bhawani Singh (qv)
- Maharawal BHAWANI SINGH, 17th Maharawal of
Banswara 1819/1838, married (amongst others) Maharani
Raj Kanwar, daughter of Thakur Bakhtawar Singh of Auwa, and his first wife,
Thakurani Udai Kanwar, and had issue, one daughter. He
died 6th November 1838 aged 34 or 35 (#1).
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown). born about 1826.
- Maharawal BAHADUR SINGH, 18th Maharawal of
Banswara 1838/1844, born circa 1788. He died 2nd
February 1844 (#1).
- HH Maharawal LAKSHMAN SINGH (Photo),
19th Maharawal of Banswara 1844/1905, born 1835,
married 1stly, daughter of the Raja of Pal in Idar,
married 2ndly, 1860, HH Maharani Manika Kunwar, fourth
daughter of Maharaja Shri Sheo Singhji of Sirohi, married 3rdly,
HH Maharani Tej Kunwar, daughter of Thakur Takhat
Singhji of Namli in
Ratlam, married 4thly, daughter of Thakur Jiwan Singh
of Bordera in Gujarat, married 5thly, daughter of
Thakur Zorawar Singh of Sarwan in Ratlam, married
6thly, daughter of Thakur Parbat Singh of Poshina in
Idar, married 7thly, daughter of Thakur Kodarji of
Pithapur, married 8thly, daughter of Thakur Sher Singh
of Bordera in Gujarat, married 9thly, daughter of
Thakur Kodar Singh of Pithapur, married 10thly,
daughter of Thakur Sardar Singh of Molan in Banswara,
married 11thly, another daughter of Thakur Sardar
Singh of Molan in Banswara and married 12thly,
daughter of Thakur Gulab Singh of Bordera in Gujarat,
and had issue, four sons. He died 29th April 1905.
- Maharawal Shambhu Singh (by a Bordera Maharani)
(qv)
- Maharajkumar Surya Singh (by another Bordera
Maharani), Thakur Saheb of Surpur, born 1874, he was
adopted by Thakur Madho Singh of Surpur, and
succeeded there (see above).
-
 Maharajkumar Shri Sawai
Singhji (by the third Bordera Maharani), Thakur
Saheb of Sagrod, born 1888, married and had issue,
one son.
- Maharaj Digvijay Singhji, Thakur Saheb of
Sagrod, born 24th September 1924 at Banswara
Palace, retired as Commissioner Devasthan (RAS),
married at Kotah Palace, Kotah, Rani Phul Kunwar,
daughter of Maharaj Shri Mehtab Singh II, 9th
Thakur Sahib of Bamolia
in Kotah, and has issue, one son and three
daughters. He died July 2003.
- Maharaj Shri Devendra Singhji, Thakur Saheb
of Sagrod, born 10th July 1954 at Indergarh,
Kota; educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and then
at Vidhya Bhavan, B. Comm., LLB from Jodhpur
University, married 24th January 1977 at
Udaipur, Rani Sahib Devendra Kumari of Metwala,
and has issue.
- Rajkumar Pareekshit Singhji, born 4th
December 1977 in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated
at Maharana Mewar Public School and University
of Sydney (Australia), attaining a B. Comm. in
Finance; married 15th February 2006, Rajkumari
Roopali Kumari, daughter of Maharaj Jaideep
Singhji of Raoti,
and his wife, Rani Susheel Kumari, and has
issue, one son.
- Bhanwar Rudrapratap Singh, born 16th
February 2009.
- Rajkumar Krishnapal Singhji, born 3rd
December 1982 in Udaipur, Rajasthan; educated
at the Maharana Mewar Public School and later
at Sydnehams College of Commerce in Mumbai.
- Baijilal Rajkumari Pramod Kumari
- Baijilal Rajkumari Madhu Kumari
- Baijilal Rajkumari Kailash Kumari
- HH Maharawal SHAMBHU SINGH, 20th Maharawal
of Banswara 1905/1914, born 14th October 1868, married
(amongst others), HH Maharani Krishna Kunwar, daughter
of Thakur Fateh Singh of Mandar (Badi Patni) in Sirohi, and had issue.
He died 8th January 1914.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir Prithvi Singh
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Lal Singh, married and had issue.
- Rajkumari Kusum Kumari, married Thakur Narendra
Singh of Baghsuri.
- Maharaj Chhatar Singh (by the Nathawat Maharani),
fifth son, jagirdar of Godi Tejpur in Banswara,
married Rani Ishwar Kanwar, and had issue.
- Maharaj Lokendra Singh, born 5th May 1932,
married 1956, Rani Nawal Kanwar of Tana-Mewar, born 26th
January 1935, and had issue. He died January 1995.
- Rajkumari Jayshree Kumari, born 30th January
1958.
- Maharaj Dashrath Singh, born 5th Janaury 1960.
- Rajkumari Kirti Kumari, born 10th September
1963.
- Maharaj Hershvijay Sisodia, born 10th July
1972, married Rani Bhanushree Devi, daughter of
Lt.-Col. Kunwar Ruby Jaswal of Singhnai, and his
wife, Kunwarani Maheshlata Kumari (see Balsan).
- Rajkumari Jayendra Kumari, born October 1934.
- Maharaj Surendra Singh, born August 1936,
unmarried.
- Maharaj Jagat Singh Sisodia, married and has
issue.
- Rajkumari Ruchi Sisodia
- Rajkumar Ajay Raj Sisodia.
- Maharaj Kishore Singhji, married a daughter of
Maharajkumar Fatehsinghji Jashwantsinghji of Danta.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Sir PRITHVI SINGH
Bahadur, 21st Maharawal of Banswara 1914/1944,
born 15th July 1888, married 2ndly, a daughter of
Maharana Sri Jashwantsinhji
Harisinhji of Danta,
married 4thly, HH Maharani Daulat Kanwar of Jodhpur, and had issue.
He died 28th July 1944 (#2).
- Maharawal Chandraveer Singh Bahadur (qv)
- Maharaj Narpat Singh (by the 4th wife), born 15th
May 1921, married 20th January 1940, Rani Shukla
Kumari, born 3rd June 1924 in Nahan, younger
daughter of Kanwar Ranzore Singh Sahib of Sirmur, and had issue,
one son and two daughters.
- Maharaj Ganga Singh, married 1962 (div. 1980),
Rani Shailesh Kumari of Jodhpur, and has
issue.
- Baijilal Rajkumari Manisha Kumari [Rani
Manisha Singh of Jobat], born 1965, married 21st
May 1991 in Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur,
Maharaj Bhawani Singh of Jobat, and has
issue, one daughter.
- Kunwar Maheshwar Singh, born 1968.
- Rani Usha Kumari, married 1971 at Lucknow, Raja
Arya Shah of Khairigarh-Singhai,
died October 2000, and had issue. She died 1995.
- Maharani Suraj Kanwar, married 4th February 1937,
HH Maharaja Manabendra Shah of Tehri-Garhwal.
- Rani Komal Kumari, married 21st February 1930,
Maj. Rawal Raghubir Singhji of Bissau, and had issue.
- HH Maharani Amba Kunwari Sahiba (by the 2nd
wife), married to HH Maharaja Arimardan Singhji of Charkhari.
- Rani Mohan Kunwar, married 1949, Raja Chain Singh
of Jaswan, and had
issue.
- Rani Sri Kumari, married Raja
Jitendra
Singh Jhala of Labhowa, son of Kumar Shri Arjunsinhji
Jorawarsinhji Jhala [Raja Arjun Singh Jhala of
Labhowa] (third son of Thakur Shri Jorawarsinhji
Madhavsinhji of Chuda),
and adopted son of the Raja Saheb of Labhowa, and
has issue.
- Yuvaraj Pratap Singh Jhala of Thikana
Labhowa, married Yuvrani Reena Kumari, daughter
of Maj. General Dewan Misri Chand, and his wife,
Rani Indra Mohini of Sahaspur.
 HH Sri
Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal CHANDRAVEER SINGH Bahadur,
22nd Maharawal of Banswara 1944/1985, born 26th
November 1909, succeeded to the Banswar gaddi on 28th
July 1944; married 3 wives, amongst whom, (a), HH
Maharani Sajjan Kunwarba Sahiba, daughter of Major HH
Maharana Shri Maharaja Shri Raj Sir Ghanshyamsinhji
Ajitsinhji Sahib Bahadur of Dhrangadhra, and
his second wife, HH Maharani Vijay Kunwarba Sahiba,
and had issue, 18 children, including issue by
secondary wives. He died 6th April 1985.
- Maharajkumari Balwant Pratap Kumari, born 1930,
married 1965, Maharaj Ramendra Singh of Amleta in
Ratlam.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Suryaveer Singh
Bahadur (qv)
- Maharajkumari Janaknandini Kumari, born 7th
October 1935, died 17th December 1974.
- Maharaj Hanumant Singh, born 29th March 1939 in
Banswara, an excellent cricketer in career spanning
more than 20 years which was highlighted by a
century on Test debut (against England); later as
team captain, he led Central Zone to their first
Duleep Trophy triumph in 1971-72 and ended up with
more than 12,000 runs in first-class cricket; after
retirement, he continued with the game as a coach,
administrator, selection committee chairman and ICC
match referee; he married, 1974, and had issue, one
son and one daughter. He died 29th November 2006
died at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai of renal
and lung failure.
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari [Princess Tinu], born 1940.
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari [Princess Khilu], born
1943.
- Maharaj Mahesh Pratap Singhji (by Rani Lalita
Kanwar), born 24th September 1946 in Banswara
Palace, Rajasthan, educated at The Daly College,
Indore 1952/1963, and at the SGSITS, Indore (B.Civil
E. 1968), presently holds the position of Chief of
Irrigation Works, Rajasthan State Department,
since August 1969; he is instrumental in the
restoration of lakes and healthy water levels in all
the lakes of Udaipur region; a fine artist and
cricketer who represented Madhya Pradesh Scools and
Indore University at the national level; a keen
philanthropist who has worked tirelessly for the
welfare of society in general and the Rajput
community in particular; greatly admired and
respected for maintaining the values, ethics and
living standards set by his father the late HH
Maharawal Chandraveer Singhji, ruler of Banswara; he
holds various honourary positions and chairmanships;
married 7th April 1967 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh,
Rani Meenadevi, and has issue. (Kushalbagh (#1),
Banswara, Rajasthan, India)
- Rajkumar Prabal Pratap Singhji, born 14th July
1968,educated at the Daly College, Indore and
graduated from Bombay University; married 3rd July
1998, Rajkumari Mridula Kumari, daughter of
Maharaj Balbhadra Singh of Kapren-Bundi, and his wife Rani
Rohini Kumari, and has issue, one son.
- Kunwar Keshvasya Pratap Singh
- Rajkumar Jaideep Singhji, born 1970, educated
at the Daly College, Indore and graduated from
Bombay University with a Bachelor's Degree in
Economics and a Master's Degree in Management
Science; an extremely talented cricketer who
represented Madhya Pradesh State, Bombay
University and Bombay U-19's at the National
Level.
- Maharaj Nahar Singhji, born 6th May 1947, married
Kumari Sangeeta Kumari, born 13th January 1954,
daughter of Kanwar Jagat Bahadur Singh of Sirmur, and has
issue, one daughter.
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari, married Rajwar Tikendra
Bahadur Pal of Askote,
and has issue.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal SURYAVEER SINGH
Bahadur, 23rd Maharawal of Banswara 1985/2002,
born 23rd December 1936 in Banswara, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot; former Ranji Trophy cricket
captain, vice-president of the Rajasthan Cricket
Association, his First Class Cricket career spanned 14
years (1958/1972) during which he scored 4006 runs
with a high-score of 184 not out for Rajasthan against
Bombay in their 1968-69 Ranji semi-final; married
1975, the only daughter of Maharaj Sahib Rameshwar
Pratap Singh of Kachhi-Baroda,
and his wife, Rani Rukmani Kumari, and had issue. He
died 5th August 2002 at Prantiki in Himmatnagar
district of Gujarat in a car accident.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal Jagmal Singh II (qv)
- Maharajkumari (name
unknown) Kumari, died 5th August 2002 at
Prantiki in Himmatnagar district of Gujarat in a car
accident.
- HH Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal JAGMAL SINGH II
Bahadur, 24th Maharawal of Banswara (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Maharaj Sahib Udaiveer Singhji of Banswara, married
and has issue.
- Rajkumari Bindu Kumari, married 21st April 2006,
Bhanwar Virender Singh of Baghsuri.
- Rani Haeth Kumari, married Apji Raghuraj Singh of Koela in Kotah, and had
issue.
- Kunwar Dharamvir Singh, married Kumari Mahima
Kumari, born 9th April 1968, daughter of Kanwar
Lokendra Singh of Keonthal,
and his wife, Kumari Chandra Prabha.
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